You are required to complete
- Two reflection papers per week (40 pts per week) [Honors Classes: This requirement is modified in lieu of special assignments [See Assignment Drop Box in WEBCT] There will be reflection papers but no more than ten (10).
- 3 study handouts (60 pts)
- 12 lesson plans
1 Telecollaborative Lesson Plans (60)
- 3 Behaviorist Lesson Plans (180)
- 3 Constructivist Lesson Plans (180)
- 3 Transpersonal Lesson Plans (180)
- 1 Powerpoint Lesson Plan/Presentation (60)
- 1 Internet Inquiry lesson Lesson Plan (60)
- 2 Student data base documents with names, addresses, phone numbers and pictures (120pts)
- 1 Student Gradebook and Class roll (100 pts)
- 1 Power Point presentation (100pts)
- 1 digital portfolio (300pts)
- Assignments are due on the dates specified in WEBCT Assignment Box.
- Night students or students attend class once a week must turn in and/or e-mail two reflections at or before each class meeting after the first class meeting.
- Assignments must be up-loaded to WEBCT and student must provide evidence of completed assignment by having a copy on floppy disk or CD-RW to present on demand.
Penalties
- reflection papers must be 25 lines typed, with one inch margins on the sides and a font (Arial or Times New Roman) size no larger that 12 point. The must be uploaded to Webct. Any paper less than 25 lines will be penalized as many as 3 points. Please use Microsoft Word (Do not use Microsoft Works!) Late reflections will be penalized 3 points .Follow the link here to see an example of a reflection paper.
- Assignments must conform to specified rubrics. Make sure you understand what is being asked of you. Late assignments will be penalized at a minimum of 10%
- I do accept work late but it will result in the loss of points.
- Attend 85% of scheduled classes to receive grade earned in the class. (This means no less than 41 fifty (50)minute classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, twenty-six (26) seventy-five (75) minute classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and thirteen (13) one hundred sixty minute (160) on any given day or night.
- You must be in class before fifteen (15) minutes past the start time has elapsed. You will not be admitted after fifteen (15) minutes unless you have received prior permission by the professor.
Week One and Two Register for Webct
What is a Lesson Pan : Student will write a reflection paper on the various definitions of a lesson plan .
Behaviorist Lesson Plan
Constructivist Lesson Plan
Transpersonal Lesson Plan: The transpersonal lesson plan can follow either the behaviorist or constructivist design formats but focuses on:
- learning about one's identity (who am I)
- learning about power (what it is, what forms it takes, how to acquire it or tap into it, that one is entitled to a proper measure of power and how to use it appropriately);
- experiencing connectedness (with other human beings, animals and the environment) e.g. meditation, concentration and contemplation
- values clarification, e.g. evaluating, validating, choosing and acting.
- communication skills, including listening, speaking, writing. giving directions, asking questions, talking about one's feelings, speaking one's truth, acknowledging another's truth
- group work, e.g. breaking down the isolation which some learners feel through cooperative learning activities, group projects, and group processes which give support, sharing.
- Role play including the enactment of rites of passage and personal rituals
- co-counselling or peer counseling e.g. specific slills on how to be emotional resources for each other, identifying peak experiences and/or persnal or spiritual emergencies and how to help another through them.
- assertiveness training including skills of impression management, giving and receiving feedback, handling conflict
- achievement motivation emphasizing goal- setting, moderate risk taking and achievement planning,
Assignment 1
- Working in front page
- Burning a CD (RW)
Review how to create a web folder in frontpage. This web folder which you saved on a CD-R or a CD-RW is the beginning of your performance portfolio. The Portfolio constitutes your final exam/project. Every reflection and class assignment is to be included in your porfolio.
Assignment 2
Prepare a study sheet/Class notes handout on Lesson Planning with bullets, multiple colors and illustrating images, upload the study sheet to Webct and burn it onto your CD.
Assignment 3
Prepare a 20 slide power point presentation on:
- Lesson Planning or
- (Honors) What is a Paradigm/ Paradigm Shift.
Follow the link here to see an example of what the finished product might look like.
Assignment 4
K-6 Lesson Plan (Behaviorist) on any subject. Follow Hunter design format. Example
Week Three and Four
Reflection 2: What is the difference between the Behaviorist Lesson Plan format and the Constructivist Lesson Plan format?
Behaviorist Lesson Plan
Constructivist Lesson Plan
http://www.patsula.com/usefo/webbasedlearning/tutorial1/ learning_theories_full_version.html.
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Assignment 5
Using the Inquiry Lesson Plan Template, write a 6-12 Lesson Plan on a science activity. Template
Assignment 6
Prepare a study sheet/Class notes handout on Behaviorism with bullets, multiple colors and illustrating images, upload the study sheet to Webct and burn it onto your CD.
Assignment 7
Prepare a 20 slide power point presentation on:
- What is Constructivism
Week Four and Five Assignment 8:
Write a K-5 Constructivist Lesson Plan: See Example
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